Garment supporter



Oct. 29, 1935. s. N. BARUCH 2,019,469

I GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed March 22, 1934 FRG. 3. FIG. 2

INVEN-'roR 5gg/Hey A( Baruch Patented Oct. 29, 1935 UNITED STATES GARMENT SUPPORTER Sydney N. Baruch, New York, N. Y., assignor to H. Curab Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 22, 1934,V Serial No. 716,845

4 Claims.

This invention relates to garment supporters and particularly to garment supporters of the type adapted to hold stockings and the like.

It is an object of my invention to produce a garment supporterof the class described which is substantially flat, and which has no unsightly protuberances to mar the appearance of clothing over it.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a garment supporter of the class described, which may be easily and quickly attached to and detached from the garment to be supported and which will, while in an attached position, hold the garment securely, preventing slipping, and which will, at the same time, distribute the supporting stresses uniformly and in such a manner as to eliminate or reduce the tendency to cause runs.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a supporter of the class described, which is simple to manufacture and capable of being turned out in large quantities at a relatively low price.

Still other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the specification. The features of novelty which I believe to be characteristic of my invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. My in- Vention itself, however, both as to its funda- `mental principles and to its particular principal embodiments, will best be 'understood by referring to the specification and attached drawing, in which Fig. 1 isa front view of my supporter in closed position;

Fig. 2 is a rear View thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof in closed position;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the first step in attaching the garment;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the supporter partly closed;

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the supporter completely closed and locked with the garment in locked position, and

Figs. 7 and 8 are front and side views of a modified form of toggle.

In its preferred embodiments the supporter consists of an open fiat loop designated generically by reference number I. The loop I is preferably stamped from relatively thin sheet metal and while made thin and light is nevertheless made of sufficient thickness and width to be substantially inexible and unyielding.

The lower portion of the loop I is preferably narrowed as at 2, and is provided with a straight (Cl. 2li- 248) supporting strip 3 at its upper end, adapted to receive a loop of fabric by means `of which the supporter may be attached to a strip 4 in the well-known manner.

A Cooperating with the loop I, I provide a toggle 5g formed by members 5 and 6, which are hinged together as at l. The lower member 6 of the toggle may be provided with a tongue or projection 8 adapted to strike the upper member 5 and thereby limit the angle through which the mem- 10 ber 6 may be swung on the member 5, so that the position indicated in Fig. 5 represents the limit of counter-clockwise rotation of the lower member 6 upon the upper member 5.

Member 5 is preferably formed of sheet metal, 115,

bent to provide loops 9 and Ill at the lower and upper ends respectively and may be slightly bowed for strengthening, and to provide a comfortable resting place for the finger to exert pressure in attaching the fastener. 20

The member 5 may be provided with the loop 9 encircling the lower member 6 and the loop III encircling the cross-member II, to provide hinged connection/ In attaching the supporter to a garment, the 25 loop I is placed under the garment, indicated by I2 in Fig. 4, with the toggle formed by members -5 and 6 above the garment. The toggle is then lifted upon the axis I I approximately tothe position shown in Fig. 5, and the lower member 6 30 pushed downwardly through the upper enlarged portion of the loop I, carrying with it the upper part of the garment, as indicated in Fig. 5. The upper member 5 is then pushed downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 6, at which position 35 the toggle, as will be seen, has gone past dead center and the garment is rmly gripped between the sides and bottom of member 6, and the sides and bottom of the reduced extremity of the loop I. The loop I or the lower member 40 6 of the toggle may be rubberized in any suitable manner.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7 and 8, I have indicated a slightly different form of toggle, in which the lower member 6 instead of being a stamping, may be formed of wire, and engages in holes I3 and I4 in the upper member 5'. Y

Attention is invited to the fact that the lower member is preferably to extend below the lower 50 part of the'loop I and is made substantially rectangular at its lower extremity. This is of advantage in distributing the stress vertically along the line of the threads in the garment to be supported, instead of applying it at a single point, 55

to a flexible support and having an enlarged intermediate opening and a narrowed lower opening adapted to underlie the garment to be supported and to cooperate with a second part to form a quickly attachable and detachable, sup-V port for the garment, said second part comprising a toggle consisting of a pair of substantially iiat members, the upper of which is pivotally mounted at its upper end on said loop near its upper extremity, and the lower of which is pivoted at its upper extremity to the lower extremity of said upper member, said lower member having a conformation wherein its outside dimension is of uniform width which is narrower than said intermediate opening thereby permitting it to be inserted over the garment and through said intermediate opening into a position behind said loop to grip the garment and support it, said lower member being incapable of passing through said lower opening.

2. A garment support of the class described, comprising in combination, a unitary, at, stamped unyielding loop having a cross member at its upper end for attachment to a flexible support and having an enlarged intermediate opening and a narrowed lower opening, cooperating with a second part to form a quickly attachable and detachable garment support, said second part comprising two hinged members forming a toggle pivoted at its upper end near the top of said loop, and substantially equal in length when extended, to the length of said loop, one of said iiat, Y

hinged members being provided with a stop to limit the swinging motion of one hinged member with respect to the other, the lower member bein'g narrower across its outside width than across the inside width of the intermediate open- 5 ing of said loop, but wider than the lower opening, whereby said lower member may be inserted through the opening in said loop to lie fiat behind it and grip the garment to be supported.

3. A garment support of the class described, 10 comprising, in combination, a unitary, iiat, rigid stamped metallic loop having a cross member at its upper end for attachment to a flexible support and having an enlarged intermediate openingV and a narrowed lower opening, cooperating 15 with a second part to form a quickly attachable v and detachable garment support, said second part comprising a toggle having a substantially flat upper strip pivoted on said loop near its upper end, and a second iiat loop pivoted at the lower 20 extremity of said strip, said second loop being of uniform width which is narrower across its outside width than across the inside width of the intermediate opening of the iirst-named loop, but wider than its lower opening.

4. A garment support of the class described, comprising, in combination, a unitary iiat, stamped rigid loop having a cross member at its upper end for attachment to a flexible support, and having an enlarged intermediate opening and a narrowed lower opening cooperating with a second part to form a quickly attachable and detachable garment support, said second part comprising a toggle having a substantially flat upper strip pivoted on said loop at a point above its center but below said cross member, and a second flat loop pivoted at the lower extremity of said strip, said second loop being of uniform width which is narrower across its outside width than across the inside width of the intermediate 40* opening of the rs't loop, but wider than its lower opening.

SYDNEY N. BARUCH. 

